Nantasket Junction

Nantasket Junction station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in . It serves the Greenbush Line. It is located off Chief Justice Cushing Highway east of downtown Hingham.
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Photo: Pottewa, Public domain.
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: railway station in Hingham, Massachusetts
  • Also known as: “Nantasket Junction station”, “Nantaskett Junction”, “Old Colony House Junction”, and “Old Colony Junction”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Button Island and Old Ship Church.

Islet
is a small in the area of . The island has a permanent size of under 1 acre.

Place of worship
Photo: el ramon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a Puritan church built in 1681 in . It is the only surviving 17th-century Puritan meetinghouse in the United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hingham and Cohasset.

Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
is a coastal town in the region of about 15 miles south of .

Photo: Wwoods, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in , United States. The town, which split off from in 1770, derives its name from the Massachusett word "Conahasset". It is an exclave of Norfolk County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,381.

Photo: Marcbela, CC0.
is a city in , United States. It is one of 13 municipalities in the state to have city forms of government while retaining "town of" in their official names.

Nantasket Junction

Latitude
42.2451° or 42° 14′ 42″ north
Longitude
-70.87005° or 70° 52′ 12″ west
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Open location code
87JF64WH+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158820769
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4944899
Wiki­data ID
Q6964303
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In Other Languages

From French to Urdu—“Nantasket Junction” goes by many names.

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cushing Highway Border and Boulevard Border Park.

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